Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 109
यत्त्वयात्र महातीर्थे भृशमाराधितो द्विज । तेनाति तुष्टस्ते वत्स नेशः कालः कथंचन
yattvayātra mahātīrthe bhṛśamārādhito dvija | tenāti tuṣṭaste vatsa neśaḥ kālaḥ kathaṃcana
ಹೇ ದ್ವಿಜಾ! ಈ ಮಹಾತೀರ್ಥದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀನು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಆರಾಧಿಸಿದ್ದೀ; ಅದರಿಂದ, ವತ್ಸಾ, ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಸಂತುಷ್ಟನಾಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಇನ್ನು ಮುಂದೆ ಕಾಲನು ಯಾವ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲೂ ನಿನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಅಧಿಪತ್ಯ ಸಾಧಿಸಲಾರನು.
Śiva (Mahādeva), speaking to a dvija devotee
Tirtha: Mahātīrtha (name not provided in excerpt)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Bhārata
Scene: Śiva, radiant, addresses the kneeling brāhmaṇa at the mahātīrtha; behind them a sacred waterbody or ford glows, and a shadowy figure of Kāla recedes, symbolizing Time’s loss of power.
FAQs
Intense worship at a sacred tirtha yields Śiva’s direct grace, granting fearlessness and transcendence over the tyranny of time and death.
It is described as a ‘mahātīrtha’ (great pilgrimage ford) within this chapter’s setting; the name is not given in the provided excerpt.
Ārādhana (earnest worship/propitiation) performed ‘here at the mahātīrtha’ is highlighted as the effective practice.